Right Reverend Bishops, Reverend Parish Priests, Honourable Presidents and Esteemed Members of the Boards of Directors, Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, Members of the Philoptochos Societies, Teachers, Students and Youth Members of the Communities, and to the Entire Plenitude of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Canada. Beloved in the Lord, As I write this encyclical…

On Thursday, July 22/August 4, 2022, the Greek football team “Aris” from Thessaloniki visited the Patriarchate. This group came and asked for His Beatitude’s blessing for its football match. His Beatitude blessed them and wished them spiritual and football success. From Secretariat–General en.jerusalem-patriarchate.info

On Thursday, August 4th / July 22nd, 2022, the Chief of the General Staff of the Army, Lieutenant General Charalambos Lalousis, visited the Patriarchate, accompanied by Lieutenant General Christos Boufis, Brigadier General Konstantinos Karamanidis, Captain Mr Ioannou Stylianopoulos, and Chief of Staff Mr Petrou and Mr Theodoros Tsiros. The supreme leader of the General Army…

Church of Crete Archimandrite Titos, the First Secretary of the Holy Metropolis of Petra and Heronissos, officiated at today’s Orthros and Divine Liturgy services at the elderly care center at the Aghia Paraskevi settlement in the Metropolis. Still on the large island, the Orthodox Academy of Crete, in partnership with the Michigan Interfaith Power and…

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, His All Holiness Bartholomew I, on Thursday officiated at the Second Paraklissis of the Theotokos service, at a Cathedral dedicated to the Virgin Mary in the Neochori district, and specifically at the Church of the Panagia Koumariotissa. His All Holiness afterwards inaugurated a photographic exhibition devoted to the Holy Icons…

Tremendous sadness was evident on Friday in the wake of a devastating fire, which erupted a day earlier, and ravaged a well-known elderly home and hospital operated by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople for the ancient metropolis’ remaining ethnic Greek community. At the same time, relief was expressed that no one was killed or injured…

The Church today observes the Forefeast of the Transfiguration of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Today is also the feast day of Our Righteous Father Eugene of Aitolia, and St. Nonna, mother of St. Gregory the Theologian.

In the fall of 2020, restoration work began on the iconostasis of the Church of St. Barlaam of Khutyn, one of the 11 churches inside the iconic St. Basil’s Cathedral on Moscow’s Red Square. Now, work on the icons is finished and they are being returned to the Holy Protection Cathedral, commonly known as St….

The medal of the Order of the Christ-loving, as a minimal recognition of his long-standing and invaluable contribution to the Greek Orthodox Church of the fifth continent, was awarded to Archimandrite Fr. Miltiades Chryssavgis by His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Australia. This honorary distinction was conferred upon Fr. Miltiades on the occasion of his 65…